Product Updates for September 10th, 2021
New Features and Functionality
- Social Media messages can now be sent from the Send Alert form.
- Geotargeted Emergency Telephone Notifications (ETN) can now be made from the Send Alert form.
Improvements and Optimizations
- Citizens now have a much easier time when selecting a location when signing up to receive alerts.
- Account recovery instructions have been improved to help people understand if they should receive an email with instructions on resetting their account.
- The XLS upload process has been improved in the following ways:
- The Member List Upload tool only updates specified columns
- A new column called "Classification" was added for creating alert signups with a "public" classification
- The existing member matching logic was improved to match email lists
- The Member List Upload preview page reports was updated to report errors, particularly when attempting to create users without required fields
- Documentation was updated on the Member List Upload page.
New Features in Action
Social Media messages can now be sent from the Send Alert form
Watch this video to see how to utilize Social Media from the Send Alert form
Geotargeted Emergency Telephone Notifications (ETN) can now be made from the Send Alert form
Watch this video to see how to utilize Geotargeted Emergency Telephone Notifications (ETN) from the Send Alert form.